Juneteenth: A Novel (Unabridged) Juneteenth: A Novel (Unabridged)

Juneteenth: A Novel (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

From the author of bestselling Invisible Man—the classic novel of African-American experience—this long-awaited second novel tells an evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. Brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master.

"Tell me what happened while there's still time," demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals? 

Here is the master of American vernacular at the height of his powers, evoking the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech.

"An extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall." —Newsday

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
JM
Joe Morton
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
14:07
hr min
RELEASED
2011
September 6
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
428.9
MB

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